4.11 The Marsóvszky mansion in Mikšová

Pencil, watercolour on paper, 248 x 378 mm
Inscribed at bottom right: 42; verso at bottom left: 42; at bottom middle: Miskova / Miskova [!] Schloß des Gr Marschofky
Inscribed on the backing at bottom left: Miksova
MTA Könyvtára, Kézirattár, Ms 4409/51

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Mikšová / Miksófalva is a small Slovak village in Trenčín County on the right bank of the Váh; it belongs to Bytča today. Mikšová had scarcely more than 200 inhabitants in the 1850s. The Marsóvszky family owned a beautiful mansion here. - Bibliography: Fényes Elek